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A população universitária apresenta alta prevalência de doenças mentais e, apesar da maioria dos estudantes reconhecer a necessidade de tratamento, são poucos os que procuram apoio, apesar das universidades disponibilizarem serviços que visam prevenir, identificar e tratar doenças mentais, através de serviços de aconselhamento gratuitos. O presente estudo consiste numa investigação transversal, desenvolvida com estudantes da Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), que tem como objetivo principal avaliar a relação entre as crenças sobre saúde mental e as atitudes de procura de ajuda nestes estudantes. Para tal, recorreu-se a um questionário sociodemográfico e dois questionários de autorresposta, sendo estes o Inventário de Crenças acerca das Doenças Mentais (ICDM), de Loureiro e Pereira (2009) e o Inventário de Atitudes em Relação à Procura de Serviços de Saúde Mental (IARPSSM), de Fonseca e Canavarro (2015). Em relação ao ICDM, os resultados obtidos revelaram níveis de crenças baixos, sendo que os indivíduos mais novos, do género masculino, matriculados num curso lecionado na Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde e que frequentavam uma licenciatura apresentavam níveis mais elevados de estigma. Também os participantes que nunca tinham recebido acompanhamento psicológico, que não conheciam ninguém com doenças mentais, que utilizavam poucas ou nenhuma fonte de informação e que não tinham interesse em participar em programas de promoção de saúde mental mostraram maiores níveis de crenças discriminatórias. Quanto ao IARPSSM, os resultados mostraram um interesse aceitável em procurar ajuda profissional, com os indivíduos mais novos, do género masculino, matriculados num curso lecionado na Faculdade de Artes e Letras e a frequentar uma licenciatura a apresentarem menos motivação para este tipo de procura de ajuda. Também os participantes que nunca tinham recebido acompanhamento psicológico, que não conheciam ninguém com doenças mentais e que não tinham interesse em participar em programas de promoção de saúde mental mostraram níveis mais baixos de interesse em procurar ajuda profissional. Estes dados assumem extrema importância para a caracterização da comunidade académica da UBI, podendo ser utilizados como base para o desenvolvimento de programas de psicoeducação sobre a Saúde Mental e a promoção da mesma dentro do contexto universitário.
The university student population shows high prevalence of mental illness and, despite recognizing the need for treatment, not many students search for support, regardless of the services provided by the universities that aim to prevent, identify and treat mental illness, through free counseling services. This study consists of a cross-sectional study, developed with students of Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), that aims to evaluate the relationship between beliefs about mental health and acts of searching for support in these students. For this purpose, a sociodemographic questionnaire was used as well as two questionnaires of self-reponse, these being the Inventário de Crenças acerca de Doenças Mentais (ICDM) by Loureiro and Pereira (2009) and the Inventário de Atitudes em Relação à Procura de Serviços de Saúde Mental (IARPSSM) by Fonseca and Canavarro (2015). In relation to the ICDM, the results obtained revealed low levels of belief, the younger individuals, the individuals who identify as male, the ones who enrolled on a degree lectured at the Health Science Faculty and the ones who were pursuing a bachelor’s degree presented higher levels of stigma. The participants who had never received psychological counselling, who did not know anyone with mental illness, who used few or no sources of information, and who were not interested in participating in mental health promotion programs also showed higher levels of discriminatory beliefs. As for the IARPSSM, results show an acceptable interest in searching for professional help, the younger individuals, the individuals who identify as male, the ones who enrolled on a degree lectured at the Faculty of Arts and Letters and who were pursuing a bachelor’s degree present lower motivation to this type of health search. Also, the participants who had never received psychological counselling, who did not know anyone with mental illness and showed no interest in participating in programs that aim to promote mental health presented lower levels of interest of searching for professional help. This data is extremely important for characterizing the academic community at UBI and can be used as a basis for developing psychoeducation programs on mental health and promoting mental health whitin the university context.
The university student population shows high prevalence of mental illness and, despite recognizing the need for treatment, not many students search for support, regardless of the services provided by the universities that aim to prevent, identify and treat mental illness, through free counseling services. This study consists of a cross-sectional study, developed with students of Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI), that aims to evaluate the relationship between beliefs about mental health and acts of searching for support in these students. For this purpose, a sociodemographic questionnaire was used as well as two questionnaires of self-reponse, these being the Inventário de Crenças acerca de Doenças Mentais (ICDM) by Loureiro and Pereira (2009) and the Inventário de Atitudes em Relação à Procura de Serviços de Saúde Mental (IARPSSM) by Fonseca and Canavarro (2015). In relation to the ICDM, the results obtained revealed low levels of belief, the younger individuals, the individuals who identify as male, the ones who enrolled on a degree lectured at the Health Science Faculty and the ones who were pursuing a bachelor’s degree presented higher levels of stigma. The participants who had never received psychological counselling, who did not know anyone with mental illness, who used few or no sources of information, and who were not interested in participating in mental health promotion programs also showed higher levels of discriminatory beliefs. As for the IARPSSM, results show an acceptable interest in searching for professional help, the younger individuals, the individuals who identify as male, the ones who enrolled on a degree lectured at the Faculty of Arts and Letters and who were pursuing a bachelor’s degree present lower motivation to this type of health search. Also, the participants who had never received psychological counselling, who did not know anyone with mental illness and showed no interest in participating in programs that aim to promote mental health presented lower levels of interest of searching for professional help. This data is extremely important for characterizing the academic community at UBI and can be used as a basis for developing psychoeducation programs on mental health and promoting mental health whitin the university context.
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Comportamentos de Procura de Ajuda Crenças Estigma Estudantes do
Ensino Superior Saúde Mental